ZIP 53206 recorded 543 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,824 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Milwaukee County, WI.
1,824 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 106 | |
| 2022 | 329 | |
| 2023 | 325 | |
| 2024 | 521 | |
| 2025 | 543 |
Jun peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 53206 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 335 | 18.4% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 313 | 17.2% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 188 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 134 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 128 | 7.0% |
For the 102 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 53206 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 323 | 35.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 75 | 8.1% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 75 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 54 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 44 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 41 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Other | 29 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 29 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 252 | 27.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 739 | 80.2% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 29 | 3.1% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 28 | 3.0% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 27 | 2.9% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 16 | 1.7% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 11 | 1.2% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 10 | 1.1% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 1.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 53 | 5.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 53206 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 88% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $863,245 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $681,343 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $659,736 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $532,357 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $484,524 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 7 | $448,475 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 8 | $414,747 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 53206.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milwaukee | 1,782 | |
| 2 | Glendale | 25 | |
| 3 | Wauwatosa | 11 | |
| 4 | Shorewood | 2 | |
| 5 | West Allis | 2 |
The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.
NFIRS reports each fire incident with a 5-digit address ZIP. We aggregate those rows directly to produce ZIP-level totals — 1,824 incidents in this ZIP across 2021–2025. Building-fire breakdowns (Area of Origin, Heat Source, ignition cause) only count fires investigators classified beyond the basic incident report. Because NFIRS reporting is voluntary, totals are a strong indicator rather than a complete census.